Aṅguttara Nikāya
4. Catukka Nipāta
III. Uruvelā Vagga
Sutta 21
Paṭhama Uruvela Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][bodh] Evaṃ me sutaṃ:|| ||
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvaṭṭhiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||
Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi bhikkhavo ti.|| ||
"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṃ.|| ||
Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
2. Ekam idāhaṃ bhikkhave samayaṃ Uruvelāyaṃ viharāmi najjā Nerañjarāya tīre Ajapāla-nigrodhe paṭham-ā-bhisambuddho.|| ||
Tassa mayhaṃ bhikkhave raho-gatassa patisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:|| ||
Dukkhaṃ kho agāravo viharati appatisso.|| ||
Kin nu kho ahaṃ samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā sakkatvā garukatvā upanissāya vihareyyan ti?|| ||
Tassa mayhaṃ bhikkhave etad ahosi:|| ||
Aparipūrassa kho ahaṃ sīla-k-khandhassa pāripūriyā aññaṃ samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā sakkatvā garukatvā upanissāya vihareyyaṃ,||
na kho panāhaṃ passāmi sa-devake loke sa-Mārake sa-brahmake sa-s-samaṇa-brāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadeva-manussāya aññaṃ samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā attanā sīla-sampannataraṃ yam ahaṃ sakkatvā garukatvā upanissāya vihareyyaṃ.|| ||
Aparipūrassa kho ahaṃ samādhi-k-khandhassa pāripūriyā aññaṃ samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā sakkatvā garukatvā upanissāya vihareyyaṃ,||
na kho panāhaṃ passāmi sa-devake loke sa-Mārake sa-brahmake sa-s-samaṇa-brāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadeva-manussāya aññaṃ samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā attanā samādhi sampannataraṃ yam ahaṃ sakkatvā garukatvā upanissāya vihareyyaṃ.|| ||
Aparipūrassa kho ahaṃ paññā-k-khandhassa pāripūriyā aññaṃ samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā sakkatvā garukatvā upanissāya vihareyyaṃ,||
na kho panāhaṃ passāmi sa-devake loke sa-Mārake sa-brahmake sa-s-samaṇa-brāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadeva-manussāya aññaṃ samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā attanā paññā-sampannataraṃ yam ahaṃ sakkatvā garukatvā upanissāya vihareyyaṃ.|| ||
Aparipūrassa kho ahaṃ vimutti-k-khandhassa pāripūriyā aññaṃ samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā sakkatvā garukatvā upanissāya vihareyyaṃ,||
na kho panāhaṃ passāmi sa-devake loke sa-Mārake sa-brahmake sa-s-samaṇa-brāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadeva-manussāya aññaṃ samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā attanā vimutti-sampannataraṃ yam ahaṃ sakkatvā garukatvā upanissāya vihareyyan ti.|| ||
Tassa mayhaṃ bhikkhave etad ahosi:|| ||
Yan nūn-ā-haṃ yo pāyaṃ dhammo mayā abhisambuddho tam eva dhammaṃ sakkatvā garukatvā upanissāya vihareyyan ti?|| ||
3. Atha kho bhikkhave Brahmā Sahampati mama cetasā [21] ceto-parivitakkaṃ ñāya,||
seyyathā pi nāma balavā puriso samamiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya,||
pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ sammiñjeyya,||
evam evaṃ Brahmaloke antara-hito mama purato pātu-r-ahosi.|| ||
Atha kho bhikkhave Brahmā Sahampati ekaṃsaṃ uttarā-saṅgaṃ karitvā dakkhiṇaṃ jāṇumaṇḍalaṃ puthuviyaṃ nihanatvā yenāhaṃ ten'añjaliṃ panāmetvā maṃ etad avova:|| ||
"Evam etaṃ Bhagavā||
evam etaṃ Sugata,||
ye pi te bhante ahesuṃ atītam addhānaṃ Arahanto Sammā-Sambuddhā||
te pi bhavanto dhammaṃ yeva sakkatvā garukatvā upanissāya vihariṃsu.|| ||
Ye pi te bhante bhavisasanti anāgatam addhānaṃ Arahanto Sammā-Sambuddhā,||
te pi bhavanto dhammaṃ yeva sakkatvā garukatvā upanissāya viharanti.|| ||
Bhagavā pi bhante etarahi arahaṃ Sammā-SamBuddho dhammaṃ yeva sakkatvā garukatvā upanissāya viharatūti.|| ||
Idam avoca Brahmā Sahampati.|| ||
Idaṃ vatvā athāparaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
Ye c'abbhatītā sambuddhā ye ca buddhā anāgatā,||
Yo c'etarahi sambuddho bahunnaṃ sokanāsano.|| ||
Sabbe Sad'Dhamma-garuno vihaṃsu viharanti ca,||
Atho pi viharissanti esā Buddhāna dhammatā.|| ||
Tasmā hi attha-kāmena mahantam abhikaṅkhatā,||
Sad'Dhammo garukātabbo saraṃ Buddhāna sāsanan ti.|| ||
Idam avoca bhikkhave Brahmā Sahampati.|| ||
Idaṃ vatvā maṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatth'eva antara-dhāyī.|| ||
Atha khv'āhaṃ bhikkhave Brahṃuno ca ajjhesanaṃ viditvā attano ca paṭirūpaṃ,||
yo pāyaṃ dhammo mayā abhisambuddho tam eva dhammaṃ sakkatvā garukatvā upanissāya vihāsiṃ.|| ||
Yato ca kho bhikkhave saṅgho pi mahattena samannāgato atha me saṅghe pi tibba gāravo ti.|| ||
